Schwartz was at the forefront of computer-generated art before desktops or the kind of software that makes it commonplace today.
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Artists Say Plagiarized NFTs Are Plaguing Their Community
Artists have taken to social media to denounce what they see as OpenSea’s slow and inadequate responses to takedown requests.
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Why We Need Prizes for Digital Art
As acceptance of digital art grows, there is also a need to validate quality and recognize artists who explore radical ideas and achieve creative breakthroughs.
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A History of Digital Art Through a Feminist Lens
Women digital artists introduced feminist concepts into two other areas of popular visual culture: video gaming and anime.
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You Can 3D Print Your Own Mini Museum
Sketchfab users have uploaded a vast resource of renderings ranging from Egyptian artworks to classical sculptures.
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Reports of Stolen Art on NFT Marketplace Raise Issues for Crypto Collectors
A number of users have taken to Twitter to claim they had their non-fungible tokens (NFTs) stolen by hackers on Nifty Gateway, with little recourse to get them back.
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The World of NFTs, Explained by Digital Artist Addie Wagenknecht
While media outlets suggest non-fungible tokens are a panacea for artists, we ask a veteran of the digital realm to offer a more tempered take.
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The “Wrong Biennale” Seeks to Create the Right Conditions for Digital Art
Started as a way for digital and new media artists to circumvent the elitist infrastructure of art fairs, the Wrong hosts work online, for free. This year they’ve added a physical exhibition in Chicago.
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“Why Is Television Dumb?” and Other Musings by Nam June Paik
In the recently published collection We Are in Open Circuits, Paik’s prescient critiques of image consumption suggest he probably would’ve been great at Twitter.
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Generate Medieval City Maps with This Online Tool
The Medieval Fantasy City Generator is an online application that endlessly generates random medieval city maps.
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More Than a Million Strangers Collaborate, Pixel by Pixel, on a Digital Canvas
For 72 hours, Redditors worked together on a million-pixel work that features everything from memes to blocky renditions of van Gogh’s “The Starry Night.”
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A Plague of Digital Rats for Your Desktop
“DESCENT” is a downloadable, digital artwork that’s inspired by both Bruegel and the Black Death.